Luggage-carrier for bicycles.



No. 671,295. Patented Apr.'2, ism.

0. P. PETERSON.

LUGGAGE CABRIERFUR BICYGLES.

(Application filed Aug. 13, 1900.)

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IINTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLE P. PETERSON, OF PORTLAND, MAINE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MEGQUIERAND JONES COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

LUGGAGE-CARRIER FOR BICYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 671,295, dated April 2,1901.

Application fil d August 13, 1900. Serial No. 26,698. (No model.)

1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLE P. PETERSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Portland, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Luggage-Carriersfor Bicycles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in luggage-carriers for bicyclesand is designed to provide a simple rigid device and one that can bereadily and easily attached to any form of bicycle.

In carriers as previously constructed the majority of them have been somade as to be attached to the handle-bar of the machine. This obviouslyis a great disadvantage. The carriers cannot be made of uniform sizeowing to the differences in shape and form of the handle-bars, and alsocarriers made in such a way present a further objection from the factthat the Weight is carried on the handlebar itself and interferes withthe steering of the machine, consequently making it much moreinconvenient and tiresome for the rider when carrying a parcel orpackage on ,the machine.

In the drawings herewith accompanying and forming a part of thisapplication, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved carrier, the strapsfor holding the package in place being omitted. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview-showing the manner of attaching my device to a bicycle.

In said drawings, A represents the head of a bicycle; B, the upper rodof the bicycleframe; 0, the rod running from the head to thecrank-hanger, and D the fork-crown.

E and F represent metal bars bent in shape so as to form a flat surfacefor the carrying of packages, the bar E being provided with a loop orhook 3 at one extremity and a loop or hook 4 at the other. This bar isbent into a substantially rectangular form, and thereby forms the outerrim of the carrier. The rod F is attached by means of loops 5 and 6 tothe rod 3 and thence is carried in substantially parallel lines, as seenat 7 and 8, to the inner end. At the inner extremity of the carrier thesaid rod F is bent into substantially triangular form, making an opening0, into which the head of the bicycle is inserted, and forming alsoloops L, the purpose of which will hereinafter be more fully described.The rod is then carried across the opening 0 and underneath the parallelbars 7 and 8, so as to provide a rigid support and prevent said rodsfrom being bent downward by any superimposed weight, and bent into aloop, as seen at G, the purpose of this loop being to bear against thefront side of the bicyclehead and to prevent the carrier from slippingbackwardly.

I is a detachable ring or hook adapted to be placed around the innerside of the head and clamp the wire F at either extremity of the loop,as seen at J. This hook prevents the carrier from having a forwardmovement.

K is a hook adapted to be attached in the loops L at the inner extremityof the carrier in the triangular ends of the rod F and brought downunder the rod B of the frame of the machine. This prevents the carrierfrom tipping downwardly when weight is placed thereon.

N is a strap running from the outer extremity of the carrier downwardlyto the forkorown or head of the machine and can be fastened thereto inany suitable manner. When the strap is shortened, a downward pressure isexerted on the outer end of the carrier, and from the reversed positionof the hook K, bearing upon the under side of the rod B, a uniformupward pressure is exerted thereon. By this means the carrier is keptrigidly in place and is prevented from having a vertical movement whenthe machine to which it is attached is in use.

This carrier may also be provided with straps M for holding the packageor parcel in position when desired.

In order to attach my improved device to a bicycle, the hooksI and K areremoved. The carrier is then held horizontally, the head of the machinebeing forced into the opening 0 in the carrier until the loop G bearsagainst the front portion of the head. The hook I, encircling the head,is then put in position by being attached to either side of the loop G.The hook K, bearing on the inner side of the frame, is placed inposition, the strap M tightened, and the carrier is in position then forthe performance of its duties.

My improved carrier can be used as a rear carrier, if desired, in whichcase the seat-post performs the same function as the head of the machineand the saddle-rod the same fuhc- 1 tion as the upper bar of thebicycle-frame.

The carrier can be used as well on wheels provided with drop-framesasthose provided with the ordinary diamond frames, the only alterationnecessaryvbeing to give the inner ends of the carrier from the loop aslight off- -set,'s'o as to correspond to the angle of the bar in theframe.

Having thus described my invention and its use, I clai-m- I 1. Inaluggage-carrier for bicycles, in combination, rods bent so as to form ahorizontal shelf, one of the rods being formed into a loop adapted toencircle the forward part of the head of a bicycle, a detachable hookadapted to encircle the back side of the bicycle-head and to be attachedto said forwardly-extendmg loop, a hook adapted to encircle one memberof the bicycle-frame at the under side thereof and to be detachablyconnected to loops in the end of the frame and means for causing anupward pressure on said hook.

In a lugga e-carrier for bicycles, in com- 5 bin'ation, rods bent so asto form a horizontal

